Continuing Education Profile

Dorene@doreneolson.com
314-956-1310
Serving the entire St. Louis area and Southern Illinois, willing to travel to outlying areas.

“Dorene is awesome! She is positive, calm, and patient, and has a tremendous amount of knowledge about so many animals.” –Linda Brandon, St. Louis, MO

Looking for a dog or puppy training class? Email to find out where and when Dorene teaches her Growling Dog Class, Puppy Class, and Kids & Dogs Class.

“Dorene helped me successfully introduce a rescue cat (who did not like dogs) to our lab mix (who chased cats). I enthusiastically recommend her to anyone who needs assistance with behavioral problems.” –Laura Langton, PhD (biology)

Dorene uses only positive reinforcement training techniques. Methods that involve force, fear, pain, and punishment are both inhumane and counterproductive—animals don’t learn well when afraid or in pain.

In positive reinforcement training, also called reward-based training, we use things that naturally motivate an animal (food, play, attention) to encourage wanted behavior. Unwanted behavior is ignored or a reward is removed. And often, environmental enrichment and finding an acceptable outlet for the behavior can solve seemingly impossible problems.

Bottom line? Learning should be a good experience—for all involved.